1
as in enough
in or to a degree or quantity that meets one's requirements or satisfaction
after eight tutoring sessions, I felt sufficiently prepared for the entrance exam
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2
as in good
in a satisfactory way
it's not great literature, but this whodunit is sufficiently suspenseful
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Recent Examples of sufficiently
Also consider whether your current home insurance policy sufficiently insures you financially in the event of extreme weather events that could destroy your home or possessions.
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Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Kraus felt that her contributions to the coverage—a deeper theory as to why Maxwell was used as a scapegoat, with plenty of speculation about the past actions of Bill Clinton—weren’t being sufficiently recognized.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Metal 4 does require a sufficiently modern Apple Silicon processor—either an Apple M1 or newer on the Mac side, or an Apple A14 Bionic or newer on iPhones and some iPads.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The claustrophobia and lack of privacy that help to add heft and velocity to the story’s gathering snowball of disaster can’t be sufficiently accessed.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2025
Left-wing critics—including members of his own party—have resisted his attempts to cut welfare spending, and argue that Britain hasn’t sufficiently criticized Israel’s war in Gaza.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
This cohort will need to know how to apply the technologies, in addition to developing an awareness of the risks — including the risk of overreliance on AI and not sufficiently applying their own judgment.
—Hanne Jesca Bax, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
There is, though, a very real danger of the quality being diluted sufficiently to damage the EFL brand.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Asked about this claim from Kennedy, Walls reaffirmed her stance that invitations from the Newsom administration to be part of the conversation have come too late and have not sufficiently included the voices of workers.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Kraus felt that her contributions to the coverage—a deeper theory as to why Maxwell was used as a scapegoat, with plenty of speculation about the past actions of Bill Clinton—weren’t being sufficiently recognized.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
Metal 4 does require a sufficiently modern Apple Silicon processor—either an Apple M1 or newer on the Mac side, or an Apple A14 Bionic or newer on iPhones and some iPads.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
The claustrophobia and lack of privacy that help to add heft and velocity to the story’s gathering snowball of disaster can’t be sufficiently accessed.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2025
Left-wing critics—including members of his own party—have resisted his attempts to cut welfare spending, and argue that Britain hasn’t sufficiently criticized Israel’s war in Gaza.
—Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
This cohort will need to know how to apply the technologies, in addition to developing an awareness of the risks — including the risk of overreliance on AI and not sufficiently applying their own judgment.
—Hanne Jesca Bax, Fortune, 11 Sep. 2025
There is, though, a very real danger of the quality being diluted sufficiently to damage the EFL brand.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Asked about this claim from Kennedy, Walls reaffirmed her stance that invitations from the Newsom administration to be part of the conversation have come too late and have not sufficiently included the voices of workers.
—William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sufficiently
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Richardson finished third in the semi-final; however, her time was fast enough to award her a non-automatic qualifying spot in the final, similar to what happened with her in Budapest.—
Katelyn Hutchison,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In fact, water levels at Lake Powell, one of the main water storage reservoirs for the Colorado River Basin, could fall low enough to stop hydropower generation at the reservoir by December 2026, according to the NOAA report.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Hochul touted the program as a way to expand access to higher education and good-paying jobs, strengthen the state’s workforce, and invest in community colleges.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
12 Aug. 2025
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Shake it up good and don’t over dress it!—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
4 Aug. 2025
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Finally, profits should be adequately reinvested in the company with the goal to support cash generation in time.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Beyond the considerable issue of adequately defending the potent Eagles offense, the Chiefs most obviously will seek to better protect Mahomes — who was sacked six times and pressured 16 times without the Eagles blitzing once.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
11 Sep. 2025
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This works fine in development, but in production, latency and network overhead pile up fast.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The restaurants’ operators, Adabi Investment LLC and Adabi’s Diner LLC, were ordered to pay a $60,116 civil fine over the Fair Labor Standards Act violations, according to a consent decree.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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Wide receiver Rashee Rice, arguably their biggest threat in their passing game, has served two games of his six-game suspension, and Thornton has filled in nicely for Rice so far.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Another place Liquid Glass flows nicely is in Photos.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Adolescence was a big winner on the night, also taking best limited series as well as Erin Doherty winning best supporting actress and Owen Cooper becoming the youngest-ever winner for best supporting actor in a limited series.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Rogen is best known for his comedy roles in Knocked-Up, Superbad, Pineapple Express, 40-Year-Old-Virgin.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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“Sufficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sufficiently. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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